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For All the Sparrows at Sea

By  Fiona Jappy 2020
Acrylic on canvas 84.7 x 74.8 cm This painting commemorates all of the men from the Royal Naval Patrol Service who lost their lives during WW2 and are forever lost at sea. My Grandfather Alexander Jappy is one of these men having lost his life on the 1st December 1943 after the trawler he was serving on was torpedoed.
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